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Definition of Dewless
1. a. Having no dew.
Definition of Dewless
1. Adjective. Without dew. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dewless
1. having no dew [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dewless
Literary usage of Dewless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Iolo Manuscripts: A Selection of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts, in Prose and by Taliesin Williams, Owen Jones (1848)
"He also composed a work for the preservation of the moral maxims and laws of the
Welsh nation. He received the name of John, the son of the dewless, ..."
2. History of Llangynwyd Parish by Thomas Christopher Evans (1887)
"CHAPTER XV. lenan Vawr, the Son of the dewless. ... gone to the dewless Hillock
on one of the St. John's Midsummer Festivals, to hold there a chair of vocal ..."
3. The Literature of the Kymry: Being a Critical Essay on the History of the by Thomas Stephens, Benjamin Thomas Williams (1876)
"He also composed a work for the preservation of the moral maxims and laws of the
Welsh nation. He received the name of John the Son of the dewless, ..."
4. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the edited by Charles McClellan Stevans, Cora Linn (Morrison) Daniels (1903)
"There was in Llangynwyd, ia Wales, a strange seer, who was believed to be of "second
sight." He received the name of John, the son of the dewless, ..."
5. The Literature of the Kymry: Being a Critical Essay on the History of the by Thomas Stephens (1849)
"He also composed a work for the preservation of the moral maxims and laws of the
Welsh nation. He received the name of John, the son of the dewless, ..."
6. The Four Ancient Books of Wales Containing the Cymric Poems Attributed to by William Forbes Skene (1868)
"The bees (live) on their store; small the clamour of birds, The day is dewless;
The hill-top is a conspicuous object; red the dawn. ..."
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